Vocabulary #1

adumbrate 
She adumbrated that she didn't want cheese on her hamburger but because the waiter wasn't paying full attention she got it anyways.
apotheosis 
Barack Obama reached the apotheosis of American politics when he became president.
ascetic 
Monks are usually considered ascetic because of their great devotion to their practices.
bauble 
His essay contained a lot of bables which made it way too long.
beguile 
He beguiled her into doing his homework for the rest of the year with his irresistible smile.
burgeon
The price of Twinkies burgeoned when the company went out of business, everyone wanted one.
complement 
The color blue really complemented her dazzling eyes.
contumacious 
He was contumacious towards his teachers, therefore he refused to do all his homework.
curmudgeon 
She was considered curmudgeon because her lack of sleep caused her to snap at almost every person she came into contact with.
didactic 
She tried to be didactic towards him by letting him learn the hard way from his actions instead of warning him beforehand
disingenuous 
She acted disingenuous when confronted by the Principal about who pulled the fire alarm at school, in reality she knew exactly who did it.
exculpate 
He was exculpated from the fire alarm incident when no ink was found on his fingers
faux pas 
I found myself in a faux pas when I laughed so hard milk came out my nose.
fulminate 
Many Americans are fulminating against the hatred against homosexuals in Russia.
fustian
I found his writing quite fustian, he used a biased view to make himself look better. 
hauteur 
He was considered hauteur because he constantly posted photos of himself online.
inhibit
The bird inhibited his daily walk because he was forced to change into a clean set of clothes. 
jeremiad 
My mom writes jeremiads to companies when she finds something unsatisfactory in their product.
opportunist 
I would consider you an opportunist because you're always up for anything.
unconscionable
Her work was unconscionable, she simply repeated the sentence in many different forms and then declared it a paragraph.